Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus
Operetta by Johann Strauss II
Librettist
LanguageGerman
Based onGefängnis by Julius Roderich Benedix
Premiere
5 April 1874 (1874-04-05)

Die Fledermaus (German: [diː ˈfleːdɐˌmaʊs], The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.